Natural resources and post-conflict assessment, remediation, restoration, and reconstruction: Lessons and emerging issues

Post-conflict situations are often characterized by multiple transition processes, including not only the transition from conflict to peace, but also democratization, decentralization, and market liberalization. The transformation of conflict-affected countries into peaceful, stable, and more prosperous ones is an immensely complex task, often susceptible to contradictory pressures and to the risk of relapsing into violence (UNDP and World Bank 2007).